Land and Water
Credit: John Henley
Through our Land and Water initiative, we're protecting critical habitat for wildlife and plants, safeguarding water resources, and helping mitigate the effects of climate change. We work to keep water sources clean by protecting the land around the rivers, lakes, streams, and coastal waters that quench our thirst, feed our farms, offer up beauty, and welcome us to play. Our research shows that watershed protection is a cost-saver: strategic land conservation enables communities to spend less on water treatment and flood control.
We work with communities across the country to help balance the demands of growth with the need to protect wilderness and open space. Whether improving the water quality of a New Jersey bay, protecting Wyoming's wilderness from oil and gas development, or preserving public access to a beloved alpine trail, we're protecting our life-giving land and water resources for all to use and enjoy.
Explore some of our Land and Water projects below. Choose a state to get started.
Camp Salmen
In St. Tammany Parish north of New Orleans, alumni of Camp Salmen, a former regional Boy Scout camp, donated funding to help create a nature park on the site after TPL helped purchase the land. read more »Canthook and Steelhead Lakes
Canthook and Steelhead Lakes represent a rare opportunity in northern Wisconsin to protect intact and undeveloped wild glacial lakes. read more »Castle Nugent, St. Croix
Located on the southeastern shore of the island, the 1400-acree Castle Nugent Farms is the largest privately held property in the Virgin Islands read more »
